Luck and the Irish by R F Foster
From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic Tiger had finally woken, and the rules for everything from gender roles and religion to international relations were being entirely rewritten. This title examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run.
The brilliance of the writing places him as a historian in a league of his own.. A balanced work offering his own distinctive, original and elegant insights -- Diarmaid Ferriter * Times Literary Supplement *
Occasionally angry, sometimes whimsical and frequently hilarious ... Appeals both to those who know nothing and those who think they know everything -- Conor Gearty * Financial Times *
Examines our society with fierce intelligence and insight -- Colm Tóibín * Irish Times *
[Foster is] the great demythologizer of Ireland -- Terry Eagleton * Guardian *
Occasionally angry, sometimes whimsical and frequently hilarious ... Appeals both to those who know nothing and those who think they know everything -- Conor Gearty * Financial Times *
Examines our society with fierce intelligence and insight -- Colm Tóibín * Irish Times *
[Foster is] the great demythologizer of Ireland -- Terry Eagleton * Guardian *
R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, The Irish Story and W. B. Yeats: A Life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141017655 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141017651 |
| Title | Luck and the Irish |
| Author | R F Foster |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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